Abstract
This article traces the emergence and institutionalization of plantation systems and cash crops in East Timor over two centuries. It examines the continuities, ruptures and shifting politics across successive plantation styles and political regimes, from Portuguese colonialism through Indonesian occupation to post-colonial independence. In following plantation agriculture from its origins to the present, the article explores how plantation subjects have been formed successively through racial discourse, repressive discipline, technical authority and neoliberal market policies. We argue that plantation politics have been instrumental in reproducing the class distinctions that remain evident in East Timor today.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 326-361 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Journal | Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |
| Volume | 169 |
| Issue number | 45353 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Open Access - Access Right Statement
© 2013 Christopher J. Shepherd & Andrew McWilliam This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCemmercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Keywords
- East Timor
- agriculture
- coffee plantations
- plantations
- political culture
- sugar growing